Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [conj] [Wh det] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps you could describe how , how the Guilds actually work an and how they sort of , how the committee were appointed and what the sort of , how the or originally the ordinary meeting was organised . |
| 2 | In this respect he was confirming that what the movies did best was to tell stories as effectively as they could without wandering too far from the values of the old nineteenth-century themes . |
| 3 | It is not clear how this estimate was reached or what the terms of reference were , but it is an indicative view borne out by widespread apathy among students for their lessons . |
| 4 | It was asked whether what the father owed on any account was to be paid by the son . |
| 5 | Merely by shutting his door if it was open , North would add to the intrigue of meetings : ‘ and when the meeting was over , I still could n't understand why the door was shut and what the intrigue was ’ said a visiting official , puzzled ; ‘ it was in my mind 's eye a social call . ’ |